US Plans Military Aid for Lebanon, But Not Training
Voice of America – USA
The US Defense Department says it has no plans to train Lebanon’s military,
contrary to a comment Thursday by the spokesman for the State Department.
…voanews.com/english/2006-08-04-voa50.cfm

Israeli air raids kill 40 civilians in Lebanon
ABC Online – Australia
Israeli air strikes have killed at least 40 civilians in Lebanon and Hezbollah
has launched its longest-range rocket attack of the war into the Israeli
city of …www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200608/s1706893.htm

Blair sets focus on Lebanon
International Herald Tribune – France
… Minister Tony Blair delayed a Caribbean vacation on Friday, saying
the coming days would be crucial in the diplomatic effort to secure a
cease-fire in Lebanon. …www.iht.com/articles/2006/08/04/news/diplo.php

Body of UN observer found in Lebanon – Finland
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
HELSINKI, Aug 4 (Reuters) – The body of a fourth United Nations military
observer killed in an Israeli air raid in southern Lebanon on July 25
has been found …www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L04697553.htm

Israel severs Lebanon road link to Syria
Houston Chronicle – United States
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Israel expanded its assault on Lebanon Friday, launching
its first major attack on the Christian heartland north of Beirut and
severing the …www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/world/4094675.html

DFA won’t probe Lebanon deaths
Manila Standard Today – Philippines
THE government yesterday closed the book on two Filipina domestics who
died in Lebanon last week and refocused on getting its nationals out of
the war-torn …www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=news02_aug05_2006

Christian villages in Lebanon spared
Houston Chronicle – United States
By HAMZA HENDAWI Associated Press Writer. QLEIA, Lebanon — This tiny
Christian village is barely three miles from Israel’s border. …www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/world/4094118.html

Israel and Lebanon Sort Out
Kommersant – Moscow,Russia
… A 48-hour moratorium on air strikes against Lebanon was declared. …
Casualties from all of southern Lebanon are taken to that hospital. …www.kommersant.com/page.asp?idr=527&id=695024

Two Israeli soldiers killed in Lebanon -army
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
JERUSALEM, Aug 4 (Reuters) – Two Israeli soldiers were killed by an anti-tank
missile during fighting in southern Lebanon on Friday, the army said.
…www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L041225133.htm

Lebanon counts human cost of 23 days in firing line
Guardian Unlimited – UK
As the full extent of Lebanon’s catastrophe began to emerge yesterday,
the US-based watchdog Human Rights Watch accused Israel of war crimes.
…www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,,1837057,00.html

What next Lebanon?
Al-Ahram Weekly – Cairo,Egypt
In the current context of Israel’s war on Lebanon and renewed pressure
from the US to force implementation of UNSC Resolution 1559 (which called,
among other …weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/806/op131.htm

Two Israeli soldiers killed in south Lebanon – TV
People&#39;s Daily Online – Beijing,China
Two Israeli soldiers were killed and two others wounded on Thursday by
Hezbollah fire in southern Lebanon, a military source confirmed to Xinhua.
…english.people.com.cn/200608/04/eng20060804_289641.html

Engaging Syria helps prevent wider conflict
Gulf News – Dubai,United Arab Emirates
For the past three weeks, since Israel launched its military operation
against Lebanon, Syria’s role in the current conflict and US policy towards
Damascus …www.gulfnews.com/opinion/columns/region/10057429.html

Spanish FM says Syria ready to play positive role in ending …
People&#39;s Daily Online – Beijing,China
Visiting Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Moratinos said on Thursday in
Damascus that Syria would play a positive role in bringing about solutions
to get out of …english.people.com.cn/200608/04/eng20060804_289671.html

Satellite images spy ancient history in Syria
PhysOrg.com – Evergreen,VA,USA
Ancient human settlements in Syria have been revealed in declassified spy
satellite images by a small team of researchers led by ANU PhD student
Mandy Mottram. …www.physorg.com/news73840698.html

UN resolution on ending Israel-Lebanon conflict “close”: Rice
People&#39;s Daily Online – Beijing,China
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Thursday that a UN Security
Council resolution for halting the Israel-Lebanon conflict was “close.”.
…english.people.com.cn/200608/04/eng20060804_289909.html

How Lebanon rescued me
Salon – USA
… 4, 2006 | In March 2003, I fled to Beirut, Lebanon, wanting to escape
the made-for-TV war on Iraq, the monotony of Washington, and the man who
had become my …www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/08/04/beirut/

Rice Signals Possible Lebanon Compromise
ABC News – USA
Rice expressed support Thursday for an immediate cease-fire in Lebanon
as the first phase in ending the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah.
…abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=2272247